< Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian

Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/il

Proto-Dravidian

Noun

house

Descendants

South Dravidian
- South Central:
  - Telugu: ఇల్లు (illu)
  - Gondi-Kui:
    - Konda: ilu
- Tamil-Kannada-Tulu:
  - Tulu: ಇಲ್ಲ್ (ill)
  - Tamil-Kannada:
    - Kodava: ಇಲ್ಲವೇನ್ಪೆ (illavën, “man who is a relative”)
    - Tamil-Malayalam:
      - Tamil: இல் (il)
      - Malayalam: ഇല്ലം (illaṃ, “house, place”)
Central Dravidian:
- Kolami: ఎల్ల (ella)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8, 180, 524.
Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “il”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48.

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